socket programming

[Arnaud Delobelle]

On 6 May 2013 17:05, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never used Twisted, so I can't say how good it is. All I know is
> that what I learned about socket programming in C on OS/2 is still
> valid on Windows and on Linux, and in every language I've ever used
> (bar JavaScript and ActionScript, which are deliberately sandboxed and
> thus don't have direct socket calls available). So take your pick: Go
> with Twisted, and bind yourself to a particular library, or go with
> BSD sockets, and do the work yourself. Like everything else in
> programming, it's a tradeoff.

OTOH Twisted can handle much more than socket programming. On the
third hand Twisted has its own learning curve as well...

-- 
Arnaud